A Dallas Observer Feature Story
My hats off to the Dallas Observer and reporter, Rick Kennedy,
for a fantastic feature story about my life since I decided to keep
an eye on the Texas Lottery. Click here to read.
(Posted on my web site June 12, 2005 and
now includes comments and links)

Lotto Winner Murdered & Indiana Goes to Computerized Draws (Both sad)
Search continues for couple accused of killing lottery winner.
(Indiana) Lottery not chancing integrity ... Balls inside a cage were
fun to watch, but computer system maximizes reliability
(Sorry, but we don't agree with the Indiana Lottery's "excuses"
for switching to computerized draws. We KNOW why they want
computerized draws - so they can control the outcome of the draws.)
Posted July 29, 2005 - Click here.

Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Story as it appeared in the May 2005 edition
of Maxim Magazine is now online. (5/22/05)
Winners talk! Click here to read it.

One very sad winners story ...
Two really cute editorials ...
About NY and CA (Mega Millions states)
1) Lottery millionaire Zell convicted in fatal crash.
2) Making it harder to win may be best for all involved.
3) Don't save your coins for Mega Millions lottery just yet.
State lawmakers question whether CA Lottery Commission
has authority to join multistate game.
4) I know how the state can fund education reform,
fix the Big Dig, pay for universal health care and even
have enough left over to cover Charlie Lincoln's retirement.
5) Major Changes in NY Gambling Possible Click here.
(Posted March 27, 2005)

Students From San Antonio College Explain
175 Million-to-One Mega Millions Odds. WOW - what analogies!
Also included ...
What would your life be like if you won hundreds of millions of dollars?Click here.

Real Life Examples of Gambling Related Crime
and Corruption. Click here.
(Link takes you to another web site. Posted March 2005)

Texas Lottery Denies Cheating Lotto Texas Winners
But excerpts from Commission Meetings refutes the TLC claims
of innocence. The complete story including a winners complaint letter
to the DA. (Special note to those winners who called inquiring about
the way you were paid - your suspicions. I've included a spreadsheet
that includes the rate that was applicable at the time of your win
so you can now figure out if you received your full amount.)
Click here. (Posted Feb 2005)

One Winner - One Loser - What a story.
Everyone should read this one.
Three other stories
include an interview with a winner,
a news story
regarding the Oct 13 Lotto Texas machine
malfunction
and the huge sales decline for New York's
in state
Lotto game since joining MM.Click here.(Posted Oct 2004)